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Fashion designer Kris Van Assche joins Polimoda

Belgian fashion designer Kris Van Assche has joined the Florence-based fashion school Polimoda as the new mentor for the Master in Creative Direction. Van Assche was previously the creative director of Dior Homme and the artistic director of Berluti. The master begins this October, it is a nine-month course that will be taught in English and...

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Berluti parts ways with Kris Van Assche

Berluti, the LVMH-owned label best known for its high-end footwear, is bidding goodbye to artistic director Kris Van Assche. The notorious three-year contract re-shuffle was perhaps not entirely unexpected after the Maison’s fashion codes (and its logo) were fully disrupted and did not achieve the growth LVMH has come to expect. Belgian designer...

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Kris Van Assche to take over the creative helm at Berluti

London - Berluti has confirmed the rumours - former Dior Homme designer Kris Van Assche is set to succeed Haider Ackermann as its new creative director. In his new role as creative director at Berluti, Van Assche will be in charge of all ready-to-wear, footwear, leather goods and accessories collections. The Belgian designer is set to present...

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Dior Homme designer Van Assche quits

Designer Kris Van Assche said Monday that he was leaving Dior Homme after 11 years at the head of the French menswear label. The departure of the Belgian creator comes only weeks after the arrival of new Christian Dior Couture chairman Pietro Beccari from Louis Vuitton. Speculation is already rife that he will be replaced by the British designer...

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PMFW sees tough guys on the catwalk

The boot boys are back. And they have never looked so elegant. Dior, the French fashion house known for the dreamy beauty of its clothes, showed a new much tougher side in its Paris menswear show Saturday. It's wasn't quite skinhead chic but it wasn't far from it with every trope in the punk wardrobe from string vests to dangling trouser braces...

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4 things we've learned from Paris Men's Fashion Week

As the last of the Paris menswear collections go down runways Sunday, we survey the big themes of the week's fashion shows. The grand finale of @Kris_Van_Assche's #DiorHomme Summer 2017 show. See all the looks from the collection now on DIOR.com. #PFW A photo posted by Dior Official (@dior) on Jun 25, 2016 at 10:03am PDT Fashion (still) loves...

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Paris gears up for Men's Fashion Week

Men's fashion takes centre-stage in Paris for five days from Wednesday, with Balmain's first menswear show among the highlights on a packed schedule. Taking over from last week's menswear extravaganza in Milan, Paris men's fashion week will see catwalk shows by some 50 labels including Valentino, Hermes and Louis Vuitton. Saturday's debut...

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Kris van Assche shutters namesake label

New York - The news about the smaller independent high-end fashion houses going belly up just keeps getting worst. First, it seems like Band of Outsiders might be folding, and now, Kris van Assche, designer of his own namesake label as well as Creative Director of Dior Homme, has announced that he will be shuttering his namesake label to focus...

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Paris Men's Fashion Week Day 3

Kris van Assche presented sportswear with an urban edge. Swirling jacquards and prints on knitwear and tailoring, were offset with abstract camouflage patterns and oversized proportions. Green and grey were two key colours, and strong outerwear styles came in bomber jackets and fur-collared parkas. Comme des Garcons Homme Plus saw its designer...

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Kris van Assche X Willy Vanderperre

For the first time, Flemish born designer Kris Van Assche, Dior’s Creative Director teamed up with Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre on movie project ‘The Time I Had Some Time Alone’. Korean film Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… and Spring formed the inspiration of the ‘Lessness’ collection, and ‘less is more’ speaks through both the...